skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
Thanks - I thought Engelbart was at PARC, incorrectly. Well, I'm happy for there to be stages of commercialization, just as there are stages of invention (and not always a clear demarcation), people improving what went before is the way.

Interesting that Engelbart patented the mouse. http://www.google.com/patents/US3541541?printsec=abstract#v=...
Sadly, none as good as Z3. I'd want to study Z3, even if I'd rather use something else. The current license is good enough for studying.
Google offers the nexus line, which is not tied to carrier contracts.

The openness of Google, nexus, and android is a big selling point for me.
Orwell died less than a year after 1984 was published.
I think a business visa would be more appropriate.
Rap Genius is particularly awesome because it kind of started as a legal hack (you can't just publish lyrics directly, due to copyright, but crowdsourced line by line like this is ok), but then turned into something far more useful than the existing (legal, regulated, expensive) alternatives.

I mean, they have Nas and others coming on the site as Verified Artists explaining their own songs.

$15mm is a lot of money, but it was probably a situation of Rap Genius having enough growth to command a high valuation, and a16z needing a certain percentage to make their investment acceptable to themselves.
According to Patrick Stewart (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pXOK-ZVJMaU), a reporter once told Gene Roddenberry that having a bald captain wasn't believable. By the 24th century they will have cured baldness. Roddenberry's responded that, by the 24th century, no one will care.
Now they have my attention. It is an incredible client.
With doctest.js potentially the HTML docs/examples are runnable tests, and you wouldn't have to generate both (or the difference would just be whether you included doctest.js)

If you could just do:

```javascript;commenttest
print(capitalize('some words'));
// => Some Words
```

and if javascript;commenttest got translated into <pre class="commenttest">, then you'd be good to go right now, without any special support from doctest. I believe if the element is syntax highlighted that doctest will just ignore (and wipe) that highlighting, but it depends on the details, I've never personally tried it. If you could add multiple classes you could use javascript;commenttest.hidden for setup code that you want to run as part of the tests, but doesn't add to the narrative. (There's a class that makes setup blocks compact, but I suppose I could extend it to do hidden blocks too: http://doctestjs.org/reference.html#compact)

I don't think there's an advantage for doctest to parse the Markdown directly, as opposed to parsing what is rendered. And extracting just the code also seems unnecessary, as it is helpful to see the context of any failures.
While I agree the author should use the same search terms for each test (which he very well may have), Bing should still be capable of finding the "John Hancock Center" with a search for the "John Hancock Building".

A quick check verifies that Google Maps recognized both. It's little things like these that make the experience less painful.
Shera Bechard got one
Containers can make for some very cool architecture.

http://weburbanist.com/2008/05/26/cargo-container-homes-and-...

That said I agree that this looks like its a very idealistic project that lacks an actual plan besides "cool ideas + money = awesome."
I much prefer AgilityJS! :-)
[FILM COMPLETO] CENSURATO DA TUTTE LE TV ITALIANE
Caniuse now on github
Weathering the Unexpected: A Day in the Life of a Google DiRT Tester
It depends heavily on your needs. Some top-of-my-head pros/cons:

EC2 Pros:

* Cheaper

* Easier to handle infrequently-updated content

* (Possibly) a simpler application pipeline

EC2 Cons:

* Have to administer a server

* Not durable, have to handle backups

* Worse availability (S3 goes down far less frequently than servers)

That said, if I'm reading it right 10M hits/day on S3 will cost you $100/day (edit: as aidos noted, I'm high by a factor of 10 here) in hits alone, so the price difference here obviously is not small.
I hired my friends and family, and I’d do it again.
They will if Patric Steward ever runs...
Who says everything has to be suitable for group development or long term maintainability? What's wrong with just coding for the sake of expressing oneself? I love these kind of things precisely because of this. Programming is an art, and I feel we need to be reminded of that every now and again. You don't always write a song or picture to maximize their appeal to others, sometimes you just have something in you that needs to get out.
Love that response.

I also would have accepted the nerdier answer, which is that in the ST universe, humanity went through a whole genetic engineering craze (in the '90s!) that resulted in Khan and a lot of other madness. So we kind of avoided it after that, and just went au naturel with our gene pool.

The franchise actually did make a few attempts to circle back on this topic, usually as a convenient way of explaining why humans in the 24th century aren't all perfectly fit, hyperintelligent, post-Singularity badasses. Genetic engineering had become a taboo. This was highlighted in a DS9 episode, where Julian Bashir was hiding the fact that his parents GE'd his intelligence, coordination, etc. It was illegal, and he was worried he'd be kicked out of Starfleet.
Strangely routing things around the world like this often works better. You get to use an already established communication path that probably already works and is switched on. It also reduces the number of new protocols that would need to be designed and secured.
Founder of MediConnect starting ‘mentor capital’ firm
Netbot for iPad - an App.net Client with Personality
I agree. I think there's a balance between just throwing hardware at a problem versus trying to squeeze every bit of juice out of every box. I'm cheap as hell and actually like a bit of ops, so I'm more towards the squeezing side.

I've seen people install 4-6 webservers where 2 would have easily handled the load because they didn't want to optimize. I realize it's a viable strategy, but it makes me cringe...
For Suzuki, Respect for Bats Is Key to Hitting
FWIW, doctest.js briefly supported CoffeeScript, back when the format was essentially language-neutral:

$ makeRequest({
> url: 'http://example.com/endpoint',
> data: 'foo',
> success: Spy('makeRequest', {wait: true}),
> });
makeRequest(...)

The example and output was parsed essentially by regexes. That was kind of okay, but I'm much happier with the new comment-based format. But that depends on parsing the language itself, so it's nontrivial to add other languages (before I only had to replace eval).

Still, supporting CoffeeScript shouldn't be a big task, it would just require abstracting out some of the parsing, and having a way to select the language (probably just another CSS class on elements, and/or the page body). The only parsing doctest really cars about is chunking the text by comment.

In regards to abbreviated examples: you can write your test in one big chunk, and I like to do this when I'm really testing and not explaining – doctest.js is not intended to just be a documentation tool. But if you are composing docs, then doctest will only test things that are explicitly marked to be tested. It's not as strict as Python's doctest, because it's using essentially invisible information to determine what's a test (a CSS class). You can also have it test things that aren't visible in the docs themselves, but are necessary to create a usable environment for the tests.

Of course a lot of things, like makeRequest, are only interesting if you handle the async aspect of the code. Spy() is handy for testing, but will look peculiar in documentation. It occurs to me that for documentation you might want:

makeRequest({
url: 'http://example.com/endpoint',
data: 'foo',
success: function () {
print('I got a response:', this.status);
},
});
// (later) => I got a response: 200

Where "(later)" tells the test runner to wait for at least something to be printed out.
This looks awesome! I was wondering how long it would take for companies with Twitter clients to port over to App.net. The App.net platform looks like it may give Twitter a run for its money.
Slightly OT, but I'm very glad that working at WaPo Labs feels like those early days of Slashdot. I very much believe in news organisations and I want them to have a future- hearing about this kind of innovation is fantastic. Someday I hope to able to get into a similar news labs environment myself.
MariaDB (MySQL competitor) using Cassandra Storage Engine
> I don't know what "big ideas" Apple's working on because they've decided not to tell us, but I at least give them the benefit of the doubt that by the time we see discussion about a product, it's much more likely to be released, and soon.

While I mostly agree, the average CE customer probably already knows what a iPad mini looks like. Google Glass is something that is foreign to the same person and Google is educating potential customers about their product. Apple doesn't need to do that and that is why they are doing well in terms of monetary value. Self-driving cars cannot be kept secret because of all the government regulations and road testing, which involves exposure to the public.

Just from my own experience, Apple hasn't impressed me from a technology standpoint on the past several products released. Specifically:

- The "new" iPad

- iPhone 4S

- iPhone 5

From a monetary and stockholders standpoint, they have been absolutely dominating the market. Apple stores make over $6,000/sqft, Tiffany's is 2nd with $3k. [1]

> I don't know what "big ideas" Apple's working on because they've decided not to tell us, but I at least give them the benefit of the doubt that by the time we see discussion about a product, it's much more likely to be released, and soon.

It's a double edge sword, they keep everything under wraps until they have something to show, but the build up of anticipation doesn't usually meet my expectations. e.g, #shutupandtakemymoney.

I think sooner rather than later, the rest of the public will catch on and demand more innovation from their CE manufacturers.

[1] http://www.asymco.com/2012/04/18/apple-stores-have-seventeen...
My favorite client in the new frame... I wonder how much time did take to port the network code to App.net? And if using a different key for crossposting.
That's a fair criticism of the study, but you're misunderstanding the point Vivek is making. Policy change has ALWAYS been necessary. In fact, it is now a little bit easier than a few years ago to be an immigrant entrepreneur [1]. The point is that soon these entrepreneurs will just stay in their home country or move to a more entrepreneur-friendly country instead of going through all this trouble.

I'm an entrepreneur from Germany and I can't help but feel slightly offended by your comment. You seem to think either a) I should go back to Germany for some reason or b) it's cool for me to stay here, but only if I jump through a series of ridiculous hoops. If you don't feel that way, you should support a change in legislation.

[1] For example, you can get an EB2 NIW visa as an entrepreneur and I've heard of many cases where O3 was granted even though the person wasn't really "notable"
How can something that just launched be labeled 'mature'?
Actually it's not that hard in this case since it's not 'jury tampering' in this case - merely 'juror misconduct'. They don't need to show motive even, just that it happened.

The jury is not supposed to deliberate on matters of law - they are supposed to weigh the evidence and deliberate on the specific questions they have and the instructions they have. [added]
What Juror's should/not do -- “was applying his experience to question the law, not using his experience to determine the facts”

For instance, they had specific instructions on what was patentable as a design patent, and what constituted 'prior art'. The jury cannot use a different definition of 'prior art' or deliberate on the definition of 'prior art', or use their previous legal experience to expand or explain 'prior art'. That would be considered jury misconduct.

This is why the jury is asked whether they can set aside their previous experience and deliberate using only the evidence and instructions for this case. Why is this necessary? Because matters of law could and do change, and are not for the jury to take a call on. [Not talking about jury nullification here].
Not enough, I'm sure.... Using a VPN service like privateinternetaccess.com is the best defense against any of that tracking nonsense.
Show HN: Create your own pitch deck with these HTML templates
Shaving soap.

Also see double edged razors.
I thought this article interesting when looked through the lens of ensuring your developers have the best equipment available to them.

For Suzuki, taking care of his bats, gloves and spikes evidently pays off.
can you share some info on your sales experience and current network?
Scroll spy from bootstrap is a great example: http://twitter.github.com/bootstrap/javascript.html#scrollsp...
The comic paints a picture from a very specific viewpoint, as if Huxley's were the rational, correct one and Orwell's came from a delusional fantasy land. Both men lived very different lives and they were responding to what they saw.

Huxley came from a family distinguished in science and rational thought, so he had something to live up to. He was intellectually gifted, but was a poor authoritarian who was barred from military service due to poor eyesight.

Orwell came from the gentry, was told that he was clever at a young age and when given the chance to see authority and violence he jumped at it. Both noticed just how broken the worlds they had stepped into were.

Huxley was never shot in the throat or saw the Soviets pervert his ideals in Spain or endure a slow death by TB. Orwell had little interest in examining the gullible, impatient, "zippy" world of the US that Sinclair Lewis and Co were responding to, so he missed out on a taste of what the future would hold for those with peacetime and plenty.
...wow.

Gee whiz, I wonder why apple suddenly has a bitter taste towards apple? This makes siri look embarrassing.
The idea is that much of the code from Tapbot's mature Twitter client (Tweetbot) was reused.
This seems like it could be really amazing. So you could take your traditional MySQL Db backed web app, port the web app to AWS and have database scaling that would be almost as simple as your web/app server. More info on the architecture here:

https://kb.askmonty.org/en/cassandra-storage-engine/
I would recommend: When you want to customise the behaviour of some command, don't google for the answer. Instead do `C-h f` or `C-h k` to read the built-in documentation for that function or key. From the help screen, click the link to view the function's source code -- if you don't see that link install the "emacs-el" package (using your system's package manager). See what variables that function uses. Do `C-h v` to read the documentation for each variable.

If you like this approach, I've written a guide (http://david.rothlis.net/emacs/customize_c.html) which, at 3,000 words, is half the length of the Emacs manual table of contents.
Dangerous how? Toxic to humans? At risk of unsettling sand around a rover/human? Is the question asking if they are something that would consciously attack someone?

Everything is dangerous. The key to mitigating that danger is planning ahead for it. A leaf seems harmless, but infection from a cut the leaf gave you could kill you. A marshmallow is fluffy and soft, but if you swallow it without chewing, it could expand and suffocate you.

Asking if something is dangerous is ridiculous. Asking what it is and how to safely handle it is not. The article does a much better job portraying this than the headline does.
You may be thinking myopically if you are just thinking of mom, and pop fish n chips store. Because, how do western European oil companies.. buy oil(which can only be bought and sold in US dollars)? How do western European electronic companies get parts from Taiwan, and Japan without outrageous exchange fees. Do you think these companies switch back and forth from euros to us dollars.. or do you think western European companies(especially manufacturing) just keep, and use US dollars. The entire world economy depends on the US currency platform.
Totally agree. There are definite pitfalls and things to watch out for, but working with friends and family can be great when you do it right.
Storied: Capture and Share Family Stories
I know how much API access was in 2008 - FREE.

I know how much API access is in 2012 - NOT FREE (for volume users, of which Apple most certainly was).

What more do you need? Google wanted to make significant money from a service they offer on multiple platforms for free.

"Furthermore, Apple does not get their data from "Apple Maps" I never said they did, if you got that incorrect impression from my post, I apologize, but Apple Maps is the wrapper and has been for 6 versions, while the mapping data has been changed recently.
Blender 2.64: Motion Tracking, Color Correction, Masking and Faster Compositing
I can't believe this line is considered good practice:

collection.should have(2).items

It illustrates what I believe is wrong with RSpec: the assertion style is completely disconnected from the API that is being tested. There's no way you can tell what methods are being called on the `collection` object without being intimately familiar with this specific RSpec matcher.

So what does that line actually do? Apart from calling strange methods like `items` on strange objects like `have(2)` in the end the test passes iff `collection.length` equals 2. Compare RSpec with classic test/unit assertions:

collection.should have(2).items

assert_equal 2, collection.length

The second line is just so much more obvious to me.

On the other hand I really like the RSpec way of grouping tests and structuring test cases. My favourite test cases are written with minitest/spec (a lightweight test/unit-compatible clone of RSpec) and test/unit-style assertions.
My older brother admits he likes working with me and would do it again... now I have it in writing!

It is incredible how many people hear about our team which includes quite a few family members and say they can't imagine working with their brother (or sister, cousin, or whatever) but it works well for us. I can't imagine it any other way.
Apple prevention side loading has the same effect and console manufacturers also gain "greater control" as a result.

What information do you have the confirms Apples doing it only for "greater control"? Would they also not want to prevent piracy in order to make their platform more attractive to developers?

What is the difference between a Nintendo DS and a iPod touch other than Apple has a wider range of apps other than games?
jgc, the 1953 report is in the public domain, but the site you
linked to wants me to be a registered member from a
"partner institution". (sigh, mumble, expletive, mumble)
If you would be so kind as to put it up on your site, it
would be really appreciated. I'd love to read it.

I feel the division between memory types is artificial, and
touting "53KB in 1953" is blatantly misleading. The UNIVAC I had
20K on it's own, albeit mercury delay line memory.

Of course, the real fun begins when the size of a "byte" isn't 8 bits,
and the size of a "word" isn't 16 bits. And let's not forget the
added fun of decimal based systems (ENIAC). ;-)
My point is that creating a custom language is not necessarily a move intended to create or preserve a monopoly. Microsoft felt that the best way to innovate in the developer space was to produce a modern framework with a core set of modern languages (and to open that framework up for 3rd party integration, such as Delphi). It's unreasonable to expect that Microsoft should be limited to C++ (a non-managed and non-modern language) and Java (a language a competitor controls) for development.
Hey this is really great!

Just one nitpick, if I click on view on Instagram could you automatically open it in a new tab? I guess that wouldn't be the best action for mobile or tablet viewing, but on my desktop browser I prefer it.

Also part of the loading circle on Chrome/Win 8 isn't visible.

Good stuff!
This is a pretty fluffy article, and a pretty linkbaity title.

500,000 pageviews/hr does NOT equal 375 Million pageviews/month. Traffic comes in bursts, and has peaks and valleys.
Slashdot introduced me to ArsDigita, which introduced me to web programming and linux, leading me out of the depths of a corporate visual basic dead-end job. I'm very grateful for the impact this had on my life. Thanks, Rob.
The notable part about his post is that he made a basic arithmetic error when talking about how good American universities are.
What exactly is the reasoning behind embedding a bunch of HTML as template strings? Wouldn't it make way more sense to separate those out?

Why would one choose something like this over Angular or Ember?
That's correct but not particularly important to the discussion. Jobs set the direction for the company, a direction the company continues to take after his untimely passing.
What about pagination with comments?
The Woman Who Took the Fall for JPMorgan Chase
This is exactly my issue with Apple. Once you've handed over all control to a benevolent dictator you're powerless if that dictator becomes less benevolent or competent in the future.

Until Apple allows opt-in sideloading of apps I'm done with iOS.
I'm from Venezuela. I guess this doesn't affect these global numbers, but mortality is pretty high due to rampant crime. 20,000 were murdered in 2011. Murder rate is much much higher than other nations that get more media coverage, such as Mexico or Colombia. Caracas' murder rate was #1 in the world not too long ago.

Another thing is immigration. Pretty much most people who can leave, leave. However I recently read that less than 50,000 Venezuelans have emigrated to the US in the past 5 years, which is less than, say, Colombia (over 50k).

We hope we can turn the country around. Presidential elections are in 4 days.
The Groklaw story has a link to the full transcript available at http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20120923233451725

The PDF is linked as "Exhibit 1" http://www.groklaw.net/pdf4/ApplevSamsung-1991Ex1.pdf

How can you think they're not accurately reporting when they link to the actual document? Do you think Groklaw is faking court records?
I don't see why not if Firestone is still making the best tires for the price and the tires you have in development inexplicably blowout occasionally. Switching to your own tires (if you can make them competitive and meet your needs) is a good decision but one that shouldn't be done before they are ready.

Samsung is Apple's biggest competitor in the phone space but Apple still buys a large number of the parts used in their phones from them. Apple has been steadily replacing things like processors with their own designs but this certainly isn't because of some petty offense they've taken to Samsung entering their market. It's because it's in their best interest to design their own parts (especially long term). Apple does come off as being emotional about Android with the decisions they've made (especially Maps) but implementing their own Maps and other features of their phones themselves is a good long term business plan. In the case of Maps, they launched too soon but working on their own mapping solution was a good decision.
Amazon already sold out of Kindle Paperwhite. New orders delayed 4-6 weeks